Meaning of nugget of truth | Babel Free

Definitions

A small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement.

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Examples

“Even in its moderate form, this argument presupposes that factual elements can be plucked out of panegyric as nuggets of truth isolated from the dross of empty verbiage.”

“This book identifies twelve teachings that sound plausible because they each contain a nugget of truth.”

“Unfortunately, there is a nugget of truth to the notion of black and Hispanic tensions but, like politics, the friction tends to be very local.”

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